Rejoice, young man, while you are young, ¹  and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses ²  of your heart and the desires ³  of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. ⁴ 

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove ¹  of flourishing trees.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

For he came out of prison ¹  to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his ²  kingdom.

I considered all the living who walk on earth, ¹  as well as the successor ²  who would arise ³  in his place.

During the days of my fleeting life ¹  I have seen both ²  of these things: Sometimes ³  a righteous person dies prematurely ⁴  in spite of ⁵  his righteousness, and sometimes ⁶  a wicked person lives long ⁷  in spite of his evil deeds.

before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, ¹  or the water wheel ²  is broken at the cistern –